Rhythm

Five people are filmed standing on a stage while making the Christian-Orthodox sign of the cross, repetitively, following the techno music beat. What is in fact striking in Nikolić's powerful video work Rhythm from 2001 is that it brings its viewers back to one of the first ideological formulas, which was written in the 18th Century by Blaise Pascal: "Kneel down, move your lips in prayer, and you will believe". Ideology is in material practices, it resides in bodies and their rituals, and Nikolić renders these rituals redundant.

Branislav Dimitrijević — from New Moment Magazine No. 20, special edition: East Art Map — A (Re)Construction of the History of Art in Eastern Europe